Ursule Molinaro’s Followers (3)

Ursule Molinaro

Born

Paris, France

Died

July 10, 2000

edit data

Ursule Molinaro (1916, Paris -10 July 2000, New York City) was a prolific novelist, playwright, translator and visual artist, the author of 12 novels, two collections of short prose works, innumerable short stories for literary magazines and dozens of translations from the French and German. She lived and wrote in French in Paris until shortly after World War II, when she came to New York in 1949 to work as a multilingual proofreader for the newly formed United Nations. Just a few years later, having realized that she would stay in the United States, she made the decision to systematically retrain herself not only to write, but to dream, think, and speak, in the language of her new soil. In the latter part of her life, she developed a metho ...more

Combine Editions
Ursule Molinaro’s books

Average rating: 4.26 · 48,982 ratings · 2,440 reviews · 50 distinct works • Similar authors

	Positions with White Roses 4.05 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1983 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Autobiography of Cassandra, Princess & Prophetess of Troy really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1979 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Full Moon of Women: 29 Word Portraits of Notable Women 4.17 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1990 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The New Moon With the Old Moon in Her Arms: A True Story Assembled from Scholarly Hearsay 3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fat Skeletons 3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thirteen: Stories 3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1989 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Power Dreamers: The Jocasta Complex 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Demons & Divas: Three Novels 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nightschool for Saints, Second Floor, Ring Bell: 11 Short Stories liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1980 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bastards: Footnotes to History by Ursule Molinaro, Carolee Schneemann (Photographs) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1979 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Ursule Molinaro…

Quotes by Ursule Molinaro (?)

“I was the victim of both social orders: of Apollo’s waxing patriarchy, & of Clytemnestra’s last spasms of outraged matriarchy. My father Priam probably would have said: that I had asked for it. That no society could be expected to tolerate an individual who insisted on telling the truth.”
― Ursule Molinaro, The Autobiography of Cassandra, Princess & Prophetess of Troy

tags: cassandra, feminism, gender-roles, identity, mythology, prophecy, truth

1 likes

“His humbled mind drew a blank. & was graced with a revelation. A timid smile dimpled the ear canal, as though god's little finger had suddenly loosened an obtuse bit of wax: Suicide needed to be made accessible to all of suffering humanity. Not only to doctors & dealers.”
― Ursule Molinaro, Thirteen: Stories

tags: accessibility, divine-intervention, healthcare-options, revelations, suicide

0 likes

“All forms of art demand a discipline that is not unlike praying. That lays a pipeline between the art & the truth.”
― Ursule Molinaro, The Autobiography of Cassandra, Princess & Prophetess of Troy

tags: art, creation, discipline, prayer, truth

0 likes

See all Ursule Molinaro's quotes »

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
21st Century Lite...: Favourite translators	50	78	Mar 18, 2017 09:54AM
The BURIED Book Club: * May I ADD please?	523	733	Jun 05, 2021 10:35AM
21st Century Lite...: What Is The Most Under-the-Radar Novel You've Read In 2023 So Far? (7/30/23)	13	74	Aug 04, 2023 11:54PM
Fun & Games: A to Z author	4107	519	Dec 31, 2023 05:09AM
Shine & Shadow: Zombies, Run! [2024]	1180	97	Jan 03, 2025 11:27AM

More…

Ursule Molinaro’s Followers (3)

Ursule Molinaro

Combine EditionsUrsule Molinaro’s books

Topics Mentioning This Author

Combine Editions
Ursule Molinaro’s books